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GoGuardian Pear Deck collects student responses in real time and saves them automatically in the Session where they were collected. You can display responses anonymously on the Projector View for the whole class to see, or keep them private in the Teacher Dashboard (where names appear next to each answer) without projecting anything to students.
To see student names alongside their responses, require email sign-in before you present. Without it, responses appear anonymously in all views.

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Show Responses Anonymously on the Projector View

The Projector View displays all responses anonymously by default. Students can respond without seeing what their peers submitted until you choose to reveal answers.
  1. Start a new Pear Deck lesson or reopen a previous one from your Sessions menu.
  2. If starting a new lesson, select Instructor Paced to open the Projector View automatically.
  3. Hover over the bottom of the slide. The navigation bar appears.
  4. Click Show Responses.
The Projector View shows responses in Overlaid layout by default. To change how answers appear, select a different layout option in the top-left corner of the screen. Layout options vary by interactive question type.

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View Named Responses in the Teacher Dashboard

The Teacher Dashboard is a private view that shows student names next to their responses. Open it from the Projector View during a live Session, or from the Sessions menu to review responses after class.

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Open from the Projector View

Use this method during a live Session to keep responses private while you present.
  1. On the Projector View, click the More Actions (three-dot) button.
  2. Click Open Dashboard in New Window.
You can also open the Dashboard on a separate device by navigating to peardeck.com/dash on that device.

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Open from the Sessions Menu

Use this method to review responses after class or during a Student Paced Session.
  1. Go to your Sessions page.
  2. Find the Session you want to review.
  3. Click the Dashboard View icon next to the Session.
In the Dashboard, hover over a bar on a Multiple Choice slide to see which students selected each option. Switch to Grid View to see each student’s name alongside the answer they submitted.

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Review Responses after Class

Responses are automatically saved in your Sessions menu. To review them later, find the Session and open the Projector View (for anonymous responses) or the Dashboard (for named responses). A Session with a Closed status means students can no longer join. Sessions with a Live or Student-Paced status are still accepting responses. Change the status by opening a view or clicking the More Actions button next to the Session.

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Publish Responses after the Lesson

When you sign in to Pear Deck with Google, you can publish responses at the end of a lesson. Publish only when you are done collecting responses. You can publish only once per Session.
  • Takeaways (Premium): Publish an individualized Google Doc for each student containing images of the slides and the student’s own responses, with space for notes. Takeaways are saved to your Google Drive, and each student sees only their own document.
  • Spreadsheet export: Automatically export Text, Multiple Choice, and Number responses (not Drawing or Draggable) to a Google Sheet for grading. The sheet includes student names and email addresses if email sign-in was required.
Google and Microsoft 365 users can use Reflect & Review to let students view their own responses and any Teacher Feedback after a Session ends.

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Resources

Use the Teacher Dashboard

Open and navigate the private Dashboard to review named student responses during or after a Session.

Interactive Question Types

Learn about the five interactive question types and how responses display in each view.
Last modified on July 14, 2026